On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 3:58 AM, Russ White <[email protected]> wrote:

>
> > Bridging works fine between 802.11 and 802.1--or another 802.11 link. No
> > routing required.
> >
> > It works for the IETF meeting networks and pretty much how all
> > Enterprise gear is setup.
> >
> > Let's keep it simple and only route when we have to.
>
> There is a strong argument to be made that routing is simpler in the
> mobile space than bridging is... And that routing to the edge in these
> cases will actually make interfacing with some of the complex edge
> interfaces likely to evolve in the long term much simpler, as well.
>
> While we might not like that someone could have a 3g connection and an
> 11n connection on the same laptop, or even on a single "pad," this is
> the reality. Apple's recent move to "cut off" purchases for "outside
> products" through "third party web sites," should show us that there
> might be a point where you must go through network a to get content from
> them, and network b to get content from them --which is already going to
> require routing at the end device, at any rate.
>
> IMHO, we should accept that routing is going to be mixed with bridging
> at the end node, and work around that reality.
>

I absolutely agree you need routing. However, I disagree that your pool AP
needs to route, as Michael postulated. Keep routing in the core, or as
needed
in the case of multi-homed end devices.

However, that pool AP may need access to several subnets. I want my
primary home network, my enterprise home network, and my guest network
all accessible as SSIDs at that pool AP. That means trunking back to the
home router, in my mind. I don't see any references to VLANs or any form
of trunking in the Homenet drafts or the mailing list archives. Am I missing
something?

Chris.


> :-)
>
> Russ
>
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